Shocking-machine.



- E. STUMPF.

SHOGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.20,1908.

1,041,898. Patented 0015.221912.

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nUenZbr E. STUMPP.

SHOGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.20,1908,

1,041,898. Patented 0@t.22,1912.

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witnesses; wecf E. STUMPF. SHOGKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20,1908.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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Patented, OG). 22, 1912.

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SHOCKING MACHINE APPLIGATION FILED FEB.20,1908.

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EMIL STUMPF, OF WATERLO, LLNOIS.

SHOCKING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patenten oet. 2a, i912.

Application filed February 20, 1908. Serial No. 416,382.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL S'IUMH, a citiz en of the United States, residing at Watertheir horizontal position; second, to compress the bundles. after enough have accumulated in the receptacle; third, to tilt the shock over at its butt; fourth, to drop the shock to the ground while it is still held compressed in the receptacle by the compressor'- arms; fifth, to release theA compressor-arms: sixth, to raise the receptacle up to a place so that it will pass over the shock as the machine advances; and, seventh, to tilt the shocker back to its normal position to receive bundles for the next shock.

With these and other objects in view it consists in the construction and arrangements of parts hereinafter fully described position to receive bundles.

' and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the shocker and so much of the harvesting-machine as is necessary toshow the relation of the shocker thereto, the parts being in position to receive bundles. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shocker in Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the shock deposited on the ground and the butt-board folded and swung to the side. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the receptacle` looking in the direction of the arrow 4a in Fig. 1, showing its relation to the side of the binder in position to receive bundles. Fig. 5 is4 a detail section on the line 5 5 Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a plan of the butt-board looking in the direction of the arrow 6a Fig. 1, the dotted linesl vertical position, showing one bracket for.

pivotally mounting the shocker. Fig. 8 is a detail View ofthe roller-mounted sleeve cel rying the receptacle as viewed from the opposite side to that of Fig.' 2 and looking in the direction. of the arrow 8a in Fig. 1. Fig.` 9 is a perspective view of the spring guide, also shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3. Fig. 10 is a detail view showing Athe sliding connections between the arms 12 and 13'.

Throughout the drawings and specification the same numerals of reference denote like parts.

Referring more particularly to the parts, the numeral l, a round tube, and 2 a square tube, represent the main frame of the shocker. They are securely fastened together by the casting 3 forming a. right angle or an L-shaped frame.

t and 5 are brackets secured to the main frame of the binder for pivotally supporting the L-shaped frame by the round tube 1. The square tube 2 being parallel to the lower edge of the binder-deck.

6 is a sleeve having rollers 7 and 8 one journaled at each end so that when the shocker is in its vertical or discharging position. the weight of the shock is transmitted through these rollers to the tube 2 and the friction reduced so that the shock cornes to the ground with force.

i) and 10 represent the receptacle-arms secured to 6. They form almost -a complete circle haring an opening wide enough for the bundles to pass through from the binderdeck. There is a guide 11a secured to the receptacle at 11 to guide 'the bundles into the receptacle. l

12 and 13 are the compressor-arms hinged to the receptacle, one presses from below and the other from the side. The arm. 1 is pulled up by the rope 14 and the arm 13 is' forced inwardly by the upward motion of 12 as shown in Fig. 4. The arml 18 has a groove 12 at its` lower end with which it comes in contact with the arm 12 and slides on said arm 12 from 12a to 12h when compressing the shock.

13B is a spring pulling on the arm 13 to keep the rope 14 in tension when the shocker receives bundles. Q v Gear-'wheel 16 receives the rotating motion from the sickle-driving shaft of the binder tir-means hereinafter, ydescribed. The

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motion is transmitted to the gear 18 by the tubular shaft 19 on which the gear-wheels 16 and 18 are mounted. It' rotates in the direction of the arrow 17. The gear 18 meshes into the bevel pinion 2O and rotates the square shaft 21 which is journaled at 22 in the castings 3 and with the sleeved journal 15HL of the drum 15 in the-bracket 23. The bracket 23 is a part of the sleeve 6. The drum 15 has a square hole 24, as shown in Fig. 4, throughthc center thereof in which the square shaft 21 is held loosely. As the roller-mounted sleeve 6 runs up and down on tube 2 the drum 15 slides with it on the shaft 21.v y

The fingers 25, 26, and 28 fastened to the shaft 27 form a cradle on which thelirst bundles of every shock fall and are laid together slowly into the receptacle. A torsion spring 30, shown in Fig. 2, turns the shaft 27 so that the fingers project upwardly as shown in Fig. 4 by the dotted lines. After a few bundles have accumulated the cradle is forced under the receptacle. The shaft 27 is pivota'lly secured to tube 2 at 29 29.

The finger 28 is hinged to the shaft 27 so that it yields perpendicularly to the motion of the cradle. The lug 32 secured to the receptacle arm 10 catches behind the finger 28 while the shock is being deposited on the ground and turns the linger down, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, so `that it will not come in contact with theA arm 12. When the receptacle is in its place again the nger 28 is forced backvby a spring 34.,

A butt-board 35 and 36 isr pivotally secured to the front end of the tube 2. 35 is secured to the shaft 37 and 36 hinged to 35. The shafts bearings are 38 38. An arm 40 is secured to the lower edge of the buttboard to hold the butts of the bundles from passing below it.

41 is a crank secured to shaft 37. A rope V42 is fastened to 41 passes around the roller 43 on the arm 44 and fastened with the other end to the binder-frame at 45.

44 is an arm secured to tube 1 of the main frame and gives the butt-board the swinging mot-ion on tilting the shock. When) the shocker is in position to receive bundles there is a little slack in the rope between 43 and 45, and when ity is 'nearly in its vertical position the slack lis then taken up by the forward motion of the arm 44, and then the crank 41 is oscillatcd which swings the buttboard from under 'the shock. The folding part 36 folds, when the shock is nearlyin its vertical position, by its own gravity. torsion spring 46, shown in Fig. 2, forces the butt-board back when the shocker is reversed and 36 will take its normal position byits own gravity.

47 is the sickle-driver shaft of the binder. A pinion 48 is mounted thereon as shown 1n mareas Fig. 7. Acogwheel 49 'meshes into it and is mounted on shaft 50 on which also is mounted the bevel pinion 51. 51 meshes intermittently into the gear-wheel 16 and sector-gear 64.. The shaft 50 has its bearings at 52 and 53. The bearing 53 is in the gear-shifting bar 54 which reciprocates in the slots 55 and 56 secured to the brackets 4 and 5. The bearing 52 is secured to the' shifting-bar 54 by braces 57 and 58 as shown in Fig. 1. r1`he gears 48 and 49 are held in mesh by a bar 59 having eyes for the shafts 47 and 50 shown in' Figs, 3 and 7.

60 is a two-way, auger-like, gear-shifter or disengager.

61 and 62 are rollers rotatably secured to the shifting-bar 54. When the shocker in its discharging position the wing 60a of the .shifter 60 cornes in contact with the roller 62 and shifts the bar in the direction of the arrow 63. By this means the gears 16 and 51 are thrown out of engagement. The pinion 51 is then held in the middle between the gear 16 and sector 64 by the detent lever 65 pressing into the beveled notch 66 by the spring 67. When the shocker is to be re versed to' its horizontal position, the pinion 51 is meshed into the sector gear 64 by thel operator of the binder with a foot-lever connected tothe bar 54 by'lnks and cranks. When the shocker is about in its horizontal position the wing 61a of the shifter 60 comes in contact with the roller 61 and throws the shifting-bar 54 in the opposite direction of the arrow 63 so that the pinion 51 is again held in the middle between the gears l16 and 64 by the lever 65, pressing into the notch 66.

The sector-gear 64 has a flange 68 and a notch 69 in which the lock-lever 70` catches when the shocker is in its vertical position and holds it so as shown in Fig. 7. When the shocker is reversed the lock-lever 70 is raised out of the notch-69 by a curved arm 71, securely fastened to the shiftingdoar 54, as itis shifted in the direction of the arrow 63 bythe operator. When the shocker is in its horizontal position the arm 71 is shifted with the shiftingbar back again by the shifter 60 and the lock-lever 70rests on 'the flange 68. By this means the lock-lever is held in line and, when the shocker is tilted to its vertical position, it will automatically drop into the notch 69.

A crank 72 is secured to the tube 1 of the main frame. A coil spring 73, fast with one end to the crank 72 and with the othering until it is forced from the ratchet byv the lever 76. The lever 7 6 has its fulcrum at 77 and has a Weight 7 8 at one end. When ,eenses into the cogu'heel' 82 mounted on the shaftV 83. A drum 84 is mounted on the shaft 83 -near the tube 2. The shaft is journaled at 85 and 86.

The bearing 85l is secured tothe sector-gear 64C as shown particularly in Fig. 7. A. rope 87 is secured with one end to the drum S4 and with the other to the spring 80. A spring guide 88 is provided to guide the spring 8O straight down the tube 2. It 1s shown in perspective view Fig. 9.

89 is a ring which surrounds the spring 80 to hold the guide in line with `the tube2.

At its other end 90, is a square slot by which it slidesv down the tube 2 and when pulled up by the spring 8O it raises the receptacle.

.The operator can put the shocker into operation at his will by pressing on the foot.-

lever 91, shown in Fig. 5, and through the links 92 and 93, cranks 94 and 95 on shaft 96, shifts the shitting-bar The discharging arms 9T and 98 of the binder 'are turned up to their vertical positions by the springs 99 and 100 after each bundle is discharged from thev binder-deck so that the shaft 21, when the shocker is tilted, will not touch them.

' 101 is brace for supporting the -rear Weight of the shocker in its horizontal position.

162 is a square collar shown in Fig. 2 with a setserew for adjusting 'the receptaclefor tall and short grain. The spring 80 pulls the sleeve .t3 against this coll-ar.

The operation of the shocker', the construction of which has now beeufully described, is as follows: First the shocker is in receiving or horizontal position with the cradle iingers, 25, 26 and 28 projecting up-` wardly which lhold the first bundles, discharged from the Vbinder-deck, from falling into the receptacle.- After a few bundles havcaccurnulated on the cradle, their Weight causes the cradle to turn under the receptacle and the-bundles lie on the bar 40 atthe buttboard andarms 9 and l10 or the re` ceptacle. The rest ottne bundles-fall into the receptacle from the binder-deck.` After the receptacle has been lled the operator presses on the foot-lever 91 and engages the pinionl With the gear Wheel 16. rhe pinion 51 is a continuously rotating pinion. Then the drum 15 Winds up the'rope 14 and oscillates the compressor-arms 12 and 13 and compresses the bundles, `While the bundles as described.

are being compressed, spring 80 is expanded. After the bundles in the receptacle are compressed,v and rope 14 can not be Wound up more, the drum 15 and pinion 20 stop rotating. As the pinion 20 stops rotating, and

the bevel gear 18 still rotates the shocker with the shock is tilted to a vertical position. Vv'hile the shocker is thus being tilted, the

butt-board folds and is swung forward, the

shifter GO disengages the pinion 51 from the gear 16, andlthe lever drops into the notch 69 of the sector 64 to hold the shocker vertically., When the shocker is in its vertical position the shock drops to the ground with the receptacle and forces the butts through the stubble, the shock being held tight by the receptacle. As the shock hits the ground it causes the Weight 78 to force` the paWl 74 from the ratchet on drum 15. This p'awl and ratchet on drum l5 holds both drums, 15 and 84, from unwinding except'ivhen disengaged. f Bot-h drums are unv Wound by the contraction of Spring 8O which reverses gears 18 and 20, andthe drum 15, and raises the receptacle so that it will pass over the shock as the machine advances. When the machine has passed the vshock just deposited the operator reverses sector 64 by the foot lever 91. `lVhen the shocker is about in its horizontal position' the shifter 60 disengages the pinion the sector Get. The buttboard is swung back to its normal position by the spring 16.

Having thus described the invention, what' is claimed is- C 1..ln combination with a binder frame, a shocker frame/consisting of a round tube, a square tube, and a casting by Whichthey are rigidly secured together at the end o f each, forming air L-shaped frame, and said round tube being rotatably supported to the frontpa'r't-of the binder frame, substantially the shocker by engaging the pinion 51 With 51 from 2. 1n a shocking attachment forhgrainvshaped frame, a shaft supported on the L- shaped frame and having ingers projecting therefrom to form a cradle, fone of said fingers ext-ending between the receptacle and butt board and being pivotedto the shaft,

and means tor turning said finger down- Wardly on depositing the shock, substantially as described.

4. ln combination wlth a gram binder, an

L-shaped shocker frame having one member tating the shocker to discharge position and with the sector 64 for lrotating the shocker back to receiving position', means for disengaging the pinion from the gear 16 when the shocker isin its discharging position and from the sector 64 when in its receiving position, and means for holding the shocker in its discharging position when said gear 16 and pinion 51 are disengaged,- substantially as described.

ln combination with a grain binder, a hinder deck, a shocker, an L-shaped frame being the main frame of the shocker and rotatably mounted by one member to the binder, a square sleeve reciprocatingly mounted on the other member which is also -square and normally disposed in a horizontal position longitudinally of the binder deck la receptacle secured to said sleeve and being held tl reby in receiving position adjacent to the binder deck, a pair of rollers rotatably mounted on opposite sides in the sleeve in such a manner as to reduce friction on the shocker frame while reciprocating thereon, and means for rotating the square member of the frame to, a substantially vertical position to deposit the shock, said sleeve being moved downward by `gravity on the'square member during the rotation of the latter.

6. In' combination with a grain binder, an L-shaped frame consist-ing of a squareshaft and a round shaft, the round shaft being supported transversely on the binder torrotation about its own longitudinal axis and the square shaft extending .longitudinally and normallyk in a horizontal 'position4 at the stubbleward side of the binder, a sleeve mounted :for reciprocation on the square shaft, a lshock receptacle attached to said sleeve, compression arms pivoted in the re.

ceptacle, a drum rotatably'mounted on the sleeve, connections between the drum and the compression arms, a shaft slidably mounted in the drum and revolubly mounted in the shocker frame, a tubular Vsleeve rotatably mounted on the aforesaid round shaft, gear connections between said tubular sleeve and the shaft mounted in the drum,

means for rotating the tubular sleeve, the

mareos rotation of the'sleeve resulting first in Windfor holding the drum'v in its wound up posi,

tion, and means for releasing said holding means when the shock strikes the ground 7. ln combination with a grain binder, a shocker, brackets 4 and 5 secured to the front part of the binder frame, a shocker frame rotatably supported by said brackets, a bar 54 slidably mounted on the brackets, a shaft- 50, bearings on the bar for supporting said shaft, means for transmitting motion from the binder to the shaft 50, a tubular shaft sleeved on the shocker frame, connections between the tubular shaft and the shocker, a gear 16 secured to said tubular shaft, a sector secured to the shocker framel a pinion 51 connected to the shaft 50, rollers-61` and 62 rotatably secured to the bar, a shifter connected to the shocker frame `engaging with said rollers thereby shifting the bar for disengaging the pinion 51 from the gear 16 when the shocker is in its discharging position and from the sector when the shocker is in its receiving'position, a beveled notch on the bar, a lever pressing into said notch for temporarily holding the pinion 51 in the middle between the gear 16 and the sector, and manually operable means for shifting the pinion 51 into engagement with the gear 16 when the shocker is in its receiving position to raise it to discharge position and With the sector when the shocker is in its discharging position to return it to receiving position, l

side of the binder, a square sleeve slidably mounted 'on thesquare shaft of the shocker frame, a receptacle iXed on said sleeve and a drum rotatably mounted on said sleeve` compression arms pivot'ally mounted in the receptacle, connection between the compression arms and the drum, a tubular sleeve rotatably mounted on the round shaft of the shocker frame, means for transmitting motion from the tubular sleeve to the drum, a spring guide 88 slidably mounted on the square shaft of the shocker frame, a spring' 80 having one end secured tothe rear end of the square shaft of the shocker frame the compression arms and the extended and having the other end secured to said Aspring 80 when the shook strikes the grounu, 10 spring guide, connections bet-Ween the the receptacle being restoredby the spring spring guide and the tubular s1eeve, means to its normal position.

for rotating the tubularsleeve to actuate EMIL STUMPF. the compressor arms, to extend the spring Witnesses;

80, and to tilt the 'shock receptacle to dis- OSCAR F. SCHULZE,

charge the shock, and means for releasing] JOHN G. FISCHER.

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